Medvedev in Town? Ray’s for Lunch!

It’s been awhile since Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton shared belly laughs full of glastnost, but President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, gave the U.S.-Russian buddy movie sequel a helluva try – at Ray’s Hell-Burger.

Treating his Russian guest to a typically artery-clogging American lunch, the two bolted to Ray’s in Arlington, Va. Obama went for the cheeseburger, with onions, lettuce, tomato and iced tea. Medvedev put a little spice in his life, adding jalapenos and mushrooms to his cheeseburger, along with a Coke. The leaders of the world’s two great nuclear superpowers shared an order of French fries, which rendered the rest of the meal dietetic.

It’s not easy crowding into a place like Ray’s with a full security detail and matching translators. The two presidents sat at one table, with their translators leaning in from the next table over, trying to facilitate conversation that must certainly have been heavy, considering the burgers.

The locals cheered as the two men left, heading back to the White House for a joint press conference.

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